Elmer, you said, "...times have changed and I suspect views and practices of the modern day aren't what you assume them to be." I don't live in a cave, Elmer! I'm not assuming anything! I know my DD and DS still call the parents of their friends and my friends Mr & Mrs. My daughter uses a dear friend of mine as her broker - she's known him all her life and she still calls him Mr. I have not lived in Los Angeles in over 34 years, but when I did, I never heard a child in my neighborhood or at my church, call an adult by his first name. And my CA friend's children still call me Mrs... I know what my children's grown friends on Martha's Vineyard call me and what my children call their parents. NEVER by a first name! My DGS informs me that only one of his professors at his Ivy has suggested that his students call him by his first name; he's quite young. All the rest are Professor.... One of the professors there is his godfather and he calls him Uncle Professor... and he loves it! He was a groomsman in my DD's and DSIL's wedding - he had been their professor - and they still call him Professor...and he has never suggested that this change. Elmer, I could care less where you've lived and worked. Clearly we move in very different circles, I would suggest that you not assume you know the social norms in mine. I do know them. The use of honorifics has nothing to do with being stuffy or not being casual; it's a sign of respect. We could use a bit more of that these days.

A teacher friend of mine taught a summer Spanish/crafts class last year and I helped out a couple of times. We made Mexican folk art using pieces of felt. First we drew our subject; I chose to do an elephant, and using our drawings as patterns, we cut shapes out of felt. The felt pieces were then glued onto a full size piece of felt and the finished result was framed. This is mine: Another fun project was making Day of the Dead masks. I drew a skull template which we copied onto card stock and cut out. Each child was given a mask to decorate with markers, tissue paper flowers, glitter, sequins, feathers, pompoms, buttons and whatever other fun things we could think of. Once they were done, we cut stretchy ponytail holders in half and stapled them to each side of the mask so that they held the mask on when the kids wore them.

My 6 yr old loves his Kura reversible loft bed with canopy from Ikea. He and my 3 yr old both enjoy having a ready made tent! https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80253814/ We have it in his 11'6" x 10' lengthwise along the 10'wall. It can be a normal bed or you can flip it into a mini-loft bed. In the loft bed mode you can put a mattress under it and create a bunk bed. We have it now as a normal bed since he just started regularly sleeping in it and have the jungle canopy on it. Length: 78 3/8 " Width: 41 3/8 " Height: 45 5/8 " Height under loft bed: 32 5/8 "

I think it used to be the case that to share a private Youtube video, the recipient also needed a Youtube account. That may no longer be true? I upload mine as "Unlisted" so they won't be listed on my channel or searchable but if need be I can still share a link or embed a video. For instance... * This video is "Private": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYO7Bpi8ww * This video is "Unlisted": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=homX4_6yYw0 The private video you should not be able to view. The unlisted video you should. (Only because I gave the link)